Sherdog’s Top 10: Greatest Punchers

Number 10

An experienced kickboxer with almost 50 bouts under his belt,
Manhoef is known for one thing: the kind of punching power that
breaks faces, destroys dreams and strips away brain cells like a
healthy dose of paint thinner. Of his 29 victories in MMA, 27 of
them have come by way of knockout and almost all of those were due
to the Dutchman’s dynamite fists.

A longtime student of Mike Passenier, who also trained potent
punchers like Badr Hari and
Gokhan
Saki, Manhoef’s characteristic style consists of heavy low
kicks to cut off his opponent’s movement and then lightning-fast
two- to five-punch body-head punching combinations that rarely fail
to separate the victim from consciousness.